Unifil warns any attack on peacekeepers violates international law after two fall from observation tower under fire

Two UN peacekeepers in Lebanon have been wounded by Israeli fire, the mission said on Thursday, as Israel’s military ground operations in the country continued.

In a statement, the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil) said two of its members were wounded after a Merkava tank fired towards an observation tower at Unifil headquarters in Naqoura, “directly hitting it and causing them to fall”.

“[Israeli] soldiers also fired on UN position (UNP) 1-31 in Labbouneh, hitting the entrance to the bunker where peacekeepers were sheltering, and damaging vehicles and a communications system,” said the peacekeeping mission.

“An IDF drone was observed flying inside the UN position up to the bunker entrance.”

Israeli attacks in Lebanon over the past month, including a bombing campaign and ground invasion, have killed over 1,200 people and displaced one million.

  • Foni@lemm.eeEnglish
    59·
    1 month ago

    I’m sure the US will protest this time with real energy and will then send another billion in military equipment.

      • sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.worldEnglish
        11·
        1 month ago

        Ireland is vocal about the Palestines peoples human rights, which has angered Israel greatly. They are also not a member of NATO.

        What a strange coincidence that it’d be Irish peacekeepers who were attacked.

        • Frog@lemmy.caEnglish
          3·
          1 month ago

          Does that matter? They killed an American protestor. Israel killed hundreds of other humanitarians. Israel even killed their own citizens.

          It is all crazy.

    • sorval_the_eeter@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      1 month ago

      I’m sure the US will protest this time with real energy

      Are you thinking ‘sternly worded memo’ or ‘a leak that Biden is outraged behind the scenes’, but not officially? Those seem extreme.

      How about one or all 3 of these:

      1. We order 100 pizzas to the Netenyahu family house that they didnt even order themselves, and leak a photo of Biden on the phone to the media. We’ll pay for those pizzas of course.
      2. We could also send a prepaid hot stone masseuse to their home who also had a mildly questionable political bumper sticker on their car.
      3. We could send the far right Israel government leaders on a luxury vacation, but ensure that the little bottles of alchohol in first class on the plane are extra small sized. I’ve never been in first class myself, but I can imagine that would be extremely frustrating.